Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Current Event: Evacuation Orders Though hurricanes have had a devastating impact on the United States over the past months, another disaster type that has been causing problems across several states is wildfires. One of the most recent wildfires that is still occurring is in southwest Colorado. The wildfire started on June 1st and the cause is currently unknown, but the extreme drought that is heavily affecting the southwest region of the country could have been a factor. Though the fire has…

country full of prejudice. Buffalo Soldiers guarded many of West’s institutions during their prior service in the Indian Wars, including guarded railroads, towns, forts, settlers, stage coaches, etc. The federal government feared that there was a greater chance for corporations and others to damage the parks should the white soldiers guard it. White men were more sympathetic to other white men then African American soldiers were, who were looked down upon by white settlers. The Buffalo Soldiers…

The National park of American Samoa is a national park located in the United States near the South equator. It was established in 1988, which is about 30 years ago. It is one of the newest parks in the USA. This park features 13,500 acres of land, 9,000 of those acres are land acres, and 4,000 acres are marine acres. There are three islands located inside of the national park. One of those islands is called Tafeu Cove. This park was to preserve the coral reefs, and many different species located…

Heading south out of the town of Red Lodge, Montana, I am able to lay my eyes upon one of the most majestic places I have ever seen, Beartooth Mountain. The first time I see the mountain I am astounded anything could possibly be so immense. The sun catches the snow at the top of the mountain shooting light down into the Valley below. Then my view slides down the mountain, numerous pine trees seem to wrap around the entire mountain like a child in their blanket. This is the moment I realize it is…

shares what she believes is the importance of the social structure of wolves. Ed Yong and Sharon Levy have opposing views over the role of wolves in an ecosystem. Levy also sheds light on the contrast of behavior between hunting and protected wolves. Sharon Levy believes that the social structure of wolves drastically changes the functions of an ecosystem. Gordon Haber was tracking a wolf pack that had been around for 40 years until his plane crashed on the Toklat River located near the…

The United States Forest Service was created at the turn of the twentieth century to help ensure the forest and lands of the US were taken care of. This was the first time leaders were chosen because of their knowledge of nature instead of some bureaucracy non sense. The Forest Service was staffed with university educated foresters chosen because of their expertise of the forest. Before the US Forest Service was formed politicians managed the land that belonged to the government and this was…

During the summer of 1916, president Woodrow Wilson signed the act responsible for the creation of America's National Park System. A whole new federal bureau was created and tasked with the responsibility of protecting the then only 35 national parks and monuments, and the promise to protect all future additions. Thus, America's greatest idea was born. Fast forward one hundred years, and the National Parks System is a vast network of dizzying diversity and majestic landscapes, monuments, and…

chance to see again. The wolves in Yellowstone are hard to find. They have a very interesting history where the population of the wolves was extinguished. In 1805, the first human came to yellowstone and that started the development of yellowstone national park and the killing of the wolves. By 1926 all of the wolves in yellowstone had been killed. Slowly, scientist saw the impact of the wolves and decided to try to re-introduce the wolves back into the ecosystem. The population today is…

Minnesota, the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", actually boasts about 11,842 bodies of water that have an area over 10 acres. The relative concentration of lakes increases as you travel north with what might typically be considered the beginning of "lake country" starting on an imaginary line drawn through the center of the state stretching from Alexandria to the west to the famous Lake Mille Lacs to the east. If you came to this page looking for information to help you plan a Minnesota fishing getaway…

The Arctic Refuge Jimmy Carter in his essay has comprehensively explained how arctic wild life has it's profound significance.It is not only the country's heritage but it also is important to people around the globe . Many species of wild life have occupied their habitats in these regions . This has created a natural wilderness . Jimmy Carter has explained this wilderness by his own vivid experience . He has portrayed the vast forms of species which over the time have accumulated there . For…